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New York, NY: Viking, 1991. First Edition, 3rd Impression, 1964 . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/NEW & Bright. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/NF; under mylar. Light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to text blocks. Documentary of the 1975 shoot-out between Native-Americans & the FBI on the Pine Ridge Reservation, near Wounded Knee, South Dakota, which took the lives of 2 FBI agents. First published 1983, due to legal challenges, the book was suspended until 1991. This edition carries an Epilogue recounting the legal issues & an Afterword from Martin Garbus. Author, novelist & environmental activist Peter Matthiessen (1927 - ), twice recipient of the Nat'l Book Award & long interested in Native American issues, finds faults in the court conclusions. Excerpts of this detailed study of convicted murderer Leonard Peltier (1944 -) of Lakota & Dakota lineage, first appeared in the New York Times. 625 pgs, 20 chapters in 3 Books.

New epilogue from Matthiessen and an afterword from attorney Martin Garbus regarding the legal battle to end the banning of this book. Dust jacket is protected by removable Brodart cover. Remainder mark to bottom of page.

Octavo. Brown boards thirdbound in a black cloth backstrip with shiny copper foil lettering on the spine. Book has a nearly unnoticable bump at the front corner of the tail of the spine. Brown endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 645 pages. Dust Jacket-has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the front corner of the tail of the spine and at the extreme tips of a couple of the outside corners-jacket otherwise all clean, bright, and sharp. Heavier than average book will require additional postage on orders requesting International or Priority shipping services. A lovely copy of one of Matthiessen's best works.

Size: 320x320x320; In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Author's "Acclaimed controversial account of the deadly conflict that occurred between the FBI and Native American activists at Wounded Knee in 1975. This edition was withdrawn by the publisher because of a court case arising from the arrest of Native American Leonard Peltier. "; 9.40 X 6.60 X 2.20 inches; 645 pages.

Size: 320x320x320; In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Complete number line from 1 to 10; signed byPeter Matthiessen on the title page with no inscription; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition.